document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1102348>Question 1102348</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Joshua likes to read. He read 6 books when he was 6 years old. Every year he doubled the number of books he read the previous year. How many total books did he read between the ages of 6 and 10? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #717024 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Lightning_Fast><B>Lightning_Fast(78)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Lightning_Fast><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Lightning_Fast><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=717024\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let a = 6, the initial number of books read<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let b = 2, the amount that the value grows by (doubles)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x represents the number of years since age 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At age 10, that is 10-6 years since age 6, or four years since age 6. So plug in 4 for x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now you want to simplify your answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Joshua read a total of 96 books between ages 6 and 10. </SPAN>\n" );
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